Military: Rev War: ROLL OF ANCESTORS: N - Z Surnames: Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, 1898 Membership List Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Betty Lynne Bernhardt. USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION DECENNIAL REGISTER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 1888-1898 ROLL OF ANCESTORS NAGLE, PETER 1750-1834 Lt., Major Gabriel Hiester's Battalion, Berks County, PA Associators, Dec. 10, 1776; Capt., Fourth Company, Fourth Battalion, May 17, 1777, and 1778; Capt., Sixth Battalion, 1780, Berks County, PA Militia. HENRY BUEHLER BUEHLER, M.D. Chief Engineer WILLIAM GEORGE BUEHLER, U.S.N. JAMES McCORMICK LAMBERTON NASH, THOMAS 1743-1815 Capt., Col. Samuel Whiting's Regiment, Oct. 5-30, 1777; Capt., Lt.-Col. Jonathan Dimon's Regiment in the "New Haven Alarm," 1779; Capt. of "Guards," 1781, CT Militia. CLIFFORD LEWIS, JR. DAVID LEWIS WILLIAM BURR NASH LEWIS THOMAS ROBB, JR. NELSON, WILLIAM 1754-1813 Private, VA State Troops, 1775; Major, Feb. 29, 1776; Lt.-Col., Oct. 7, 1776, Seventh Regiment, VA Line; resigned Oct. 25, 1777. SAMUEL DAVIS PAGE NEVILLE, JOHN 1731-1803 Delegate from Augusta County, VA, to the Provincial Convention of VA, 1775; Lt.-Col., Twelfth Regiment, Nov. 12, 1776; Col., Eighth Regiment, Dec. 11, 1777; transferred to Fourth Regiment, Sept. 14, 1778, VA Line; served to close of the war; Brevet Brig.-Gen., Sept. 30, 1783. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. JOHN MONTOUR CHAPLIN MELCHOIR BELTZHOOVER CHAPLIN ISAAC CRAIG NEVIUS, DAVID 1758-1825 Sergeant, Capt. John Stryker's Troop of Light Horse, Somerset County, NJ Militia. HENRY DUSENBERY MAXWELL NEWBOLD, BARZILLAI 1710- Major, NJ Militia, May 2, 1776. FRANK CARPENTER NEWHALL, EZRA 1733-1798 Capt., Col. John Mansfield's Regiment, MA Militia, May-Dec., 1775; Capt., Twenty-seventh Regiment, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1776; Major, Fifth Regiment, Jan. 1, 1777, to rank from Nov. 1, 1776; Lt.-Col., May 17, 1777; transferred to Fourth Regiment, Jan. 1, 1783, MA Line; Brevet Col., Sept. 30, 1783; served to Nov., 1783. Member of the MA State Society of the Cincinnati. DANIEL SMITH NEWHALL FREDERIC CUSHMAN NEWHALL NICE, GEORGE 1739-1812 Capt., Second Company, Second Battalion, Lt.-Col. Benjamin George Eyre commanding, Philadelphia Militia, 1780. JOSEPH WEAVER BAKER *RICHARD ROWLEY BAKER WILLIAM LUDWIG BAKER *WILLIAM SPOHN BAKER GEORGE BARTLESON BENNERS FRANCIS ADAMS DONALDSON NICHOLAS, SAMUEL -1790 Major of Marines, appointed by Continental Congress, June 25, 1776. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. JOHN NICHOLAS MITCHELL, M.D. NICHOLS, FRANCIS 1737-1812 Second-Lt., Capt. William Hendricks's Company, Col. William Thompson's PA Battalion of Riflemen, June 25, 1775; Capt., Ninth Regiment, PA Line, Dec. 16, 1776, to rank from Jan. 1, 1776; promoted Major of same, Feb. 7, 1777; resigned May 12, 1779; taken prisoner at Quebec, Dec. 31, 1775; exchanged Oct. 10, 1776; Private, Troop of Philadelphia Light Horse, Capt. Samuel Morris, 1779-1780-1781. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HEWES HENRY KUHL NICHOLS FRANCIS NICHOLS WHITNEY NICHOLS, JAMES 1745-1824 Private, East Greenwich Guards, RI Militia; at Quaker Hill, RI, 1778. CARROLL BREWSTER NICHOLS NICHOLS, WILLIAM 1754-1804 Ensign, Capt. David Grier's Company, Jan. 9, 1776; Quartermaster, Aug. 1, 1776; Second Lt., Capt. Lewis Bush's Company, June 24, 1776, Sixth PA Battalion, Col. William Irvine; transferred to Seventh Regiment, PA Line; resigned Nov. 17, 1776; Private, Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse, Capt., Samuel Morris, 1779-1780-1781. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HEWES HENRY KUHL NICHOLS FRANCIS NICHOLS WHITNEY NICOLA, LEWIS 1717-1807 Major, in command of the "City Guards," Philadelphia Militia, 1776-1777; Col. Invalid Regiment, PA Line, June 20, 1777-June, 1783; Brevet Brig.-Gen., 1783. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. CLIFFORD LEWIS, JR. DAVID LEWIS WILLIAM BURR NASH LEWIS THOMAS ROBB, JR. NIGHTLINGER, SAMUEL Drummer, Capt. Abraham George Claypoole's Company, New Eleventh Regiment, PA Line, Feb. 3, 1777. ADAM ARBUCKLE STULL NIXON, JOHN 1733-1808 Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; Delegate to the Provincial Convention of PA, Jan. 23, 1775; Member of the Committee of Safety of PA, Oct. 20, 1775-July 22, 1776; Member of the Continental Navy Board, 1776; Lt.-Col., Third Battalion ("Silk Stockings"), Philadelphia Associators, 1775 and 1777; read the Declaration of Independence publicly in Philadelphia for the first time, July 8, 1776; Auditor of Public Accounts, August 26, 1779. JAMES WEST NORMAN, JOSEPH 1756-1842 Private, Capt. Persifor Frazer's Company, Fourth PA Battalion, Col. Anthony Wayne, March 21, 1776-Feb. 25, 1777. DANIEL SMITH RITTENHOUSE HENRY NORMAN RITTENHOUSE NORTH, CALEB 1753-1840 Capt., Fourth PA Battalion, Col. Anthony Wayne, Jan. 5, 1776; Major, Tenth Regiment, March 12, 1777; Lt.-Col., Eleventh Regiment, Oct. 23, 1777; transferred to Ninth Regiment, July 1, 1778; transferred to Second Regiment, Jan. 17, 1781, PA Line; retired Jan. 1, 1783. He was the last survivor of the field officers of the PA Line, and from 1828 until his death, President of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. EDWIN NORTH BENSON CLARENCE NORTH GEORGE BELFORD NORTH GEORGE HUMPHREYS NORTH HERBERT ALLIBONE NORTH WILLIAM FREDERICK NORTH NORTH, JOSEPH Fifer, Third company, Capt. Joel Clark, Eighth Regiment, Col. Jedediah Huntington, CT Line, July 8-Dec. 18, 1775. JOHN FLEMING WILCOX NYE, ELISHA 1745-1833 Lt., Capt. John Grannis's Company, MA Militia, May 1-Dec. 31, 1775; Capt., Fourteenth Regiment, Col. Gamaliel Bradford, MA Line, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1776. FREDERIC SCHOFF OGDEN, WILLIAM 1742-1818 Private, Capt. James Brown's Company, Third Regiment of Foot, Col. William Will, Philadelphia Militia, Aug., 1780. THOMAS ALLEN GLENN OLIPHANT, JONATHAN 1739-1804 Capt., Second Regiment, Burlington County, NJ Militia; retired on account of disability, April 9, 1777. *HARRY BARTLETT ABBOTT OLNEY, JOSPEH 1737-1814 Second Lt., Dec. 22, 1775; promoted Capt., Oct. 10, 1776, Continental Navy; commanded ships "Cabot" and "Queen of France." *ISAAC LLOYD JOHN LLOYD O'NEILL, JOHN 1740-1796 Private, Capt. William Helms's Company, Second Regiment, NJ Line. JAMES WILKS O'NEILL, M.D. ROBERT O'NEILL WICKERSHAM OSBORN, ETHAN 1758-1858 Private, Capt. Bezaleel Beebe's Company, Col. Philip Burr Bradley's Regiment, CT Militia, Spring of 1776; honorably discharged Dec. 25, 1776; served again as Private in various alarms, in 1777, and in Col. Bezaleel Beebe's Regiment, CT Militia, June-July, 1780; at Fort Washington, NY. BENJAMIN BROWN OSBORN JOHN ANNIN OSBORN OSBORN, JOHN 1733-1783 Private, Capt. Jesse Trusdell's Company, Col. Thaddeus Crane's Regiment, Westchester County, NY Militia. THOMAS REHRER OSBOURN OSBORN, THOMAS -1778 Private, Capt. Christopher Marsh's Troop of Light Horse, Essex County, NJ Militia; mortally wounded at the battle of Monmouth. JOHN BALL OSBORNE OTTO, DR. BODO 1709-1787 Member of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776; Senior Surgeon, Continental Army, 1776-1777; Hospital Physician and Surgeon, 1777-1782. CHARLES WITMAN OTTO PACKARD, ASA 1758-1843 Private, MA Militia, 1775; wounded near Harlem Heights, NY, Oct. 25, 1776. JOHN HOOKER PACKARD, M.D. PADDOCK, JONATHAN -1810 Capt., Third Company, Seventh Regiment, Col. David Sutherland, 1777; First Major, Third Regiment, June 22, 1778, Dutchess County, NY Militia. HENRY WARREN RAYMOND PADELFORD, PHILIP 1752-1812 Surgeon's Mate, Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment, MA Militia, Aug., 1778; Surgeon, ship-of-war "General Mifflin," Capt. George M. Babcock, Sept. 9, 1780. *CRAWFORD ARNOLD PALMER, BENJAMIN 1752-1834 Private, Capt. Brockway's Company, Col. Joseph Thomson's Regiment, 1776; Private, Capt. Smith's Company, Col. Joseph Platt Cooke's Regiment, 1777; Private, Capt. Enoch Staples's Company, 1778-1779, CT Militia; at Saratoga. WALTER LEE MERWIN PALMER, CHRISTOPHER 1735-1818 Private, Capt. Andrew Fitch's Company, Fourth Regiment, Col. John Durkee, CT Line, April 22, 1777-April 22, 1780; at Germantown, Fort Mifflin, Valley Forge, Monmouth, and Stony Point. JOHN LELAND MORRISON PARISET, NICHOLAS 1750-1795 Quartermaster-General of French troops under Count Rochambeau, Continental Army, 1783. HENRY ALEXANDER STEVENS PARKER, ALEXANDER 1753-1792 Second Lt., Capt. Samuel Hay's Company, Jan. 9, 1776; promoted First Lt., Capt. William Rippey's Company, Sixth PA Battalion, Col. William Irvine, Oct. 25, 1776; Capt., Seventh Regiment, March 20, 1777; transferred to Fourth Regiment, Jan. 17, 1781; transferred to Second Regiment, Jan. 1, 1783, PA Line. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. JAMES ALEXANDER ROBINSON PARKER, JOSEPH 1722- Member of the Committee to Superintend Printing Bills of Credit for PA, June 30, 1775; Member of the Committee of Safety of PA, Oct. 20,1775-July 22, 1776. CALEB JONES MILNE CALEB JONES MILNE, JR. CLYDE MILNE DAVID MILNE PARRY, CALEB 1734-1776 Lt.-Col., PA Musketry Battalion, Col. Samuel John Atlee, March 3, 1776; killed at the battle of Long Island. CHARLES FRANCIS JUDSON, M.D. OLIVER BOYCE JUDSON HENRY GRIFFITH KEASBEY PARSONS, ISAAC 1740-1825 Capt., Third Company, Fourth Regiment, Cumberland County, MA Militia, Sept. 1777. THEOPHILUS PARSONS CHANDLER PARTRIDGE, SAMUEL 1749-1834 Private, Capt., William Heaton's Company, Sept. 20, 1777; Private, Capt. Timothy Bush's Company, Oct., 16, 1780, Col. Peter Olcott's Regiment, VT State Troops; at Saratoga. ALBERT NEWTON CLEAVER PERCY HOWARD HAYDON PATTERSON, JAMES 1731-1789 Member of the Committee of Observation of Lancaster County, PA, 1775; Private, Capt. James Cowden's Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. James Burd, March 13, 1776; First Lt., Sixth Company, Second Battalion, Col. James Watson, 1777, Lancaster County, PA Militia. WILLIAM CASPER STOEVER JAMES PATTERSON ZIEGLER, M.D. WALTER MACON LOWRIE ZIEGLER, M.D. PATTERSON, ROBERT 1743-1824 Sergeant, Capt. Cornelius Newkirk's Company, Second Battalion, Salem County, NJ Militia, Sept. 11, 1775; Surgeon's Mate, Col. Silas Newcomb's Battalion, Gen. Nathaniel Heard's Brigade, July 8, 1776; Brigade-Major on Staff of Brig.-Gen. Silas Newcomb, May 10, 1777, NJ Militia; at Long Island and White Plains. PATTERSON DUBOIS PATTON, JOHN 1757-1836 Private, Capt. William Donaldson's Company, Col. William Chambers's Battalion, Cumberland County, PA Militia, 1777. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PATTON PAULDING, JOHN 1758-1818 Private, NY Militia; captured and confined in British military prisons of North Dutch Church, and in the Sugar-House, NY; one of the captors of Major Andre. TATTNALL PAULDING PAYNE, GEORGE 1730-1795 Capt., Nov. 14, 1777; Major, March 31, 1778, Third Battalion, Gloucester County, NJ Militia. CLARENCE PAYNE FRANKLIN, M.D. PEALE, CHARLES WILLSON 1741-1827 Lt. of Philadelphia Militia, 1776; Capt., Fourth Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. John Bubenheim Bayard, Jan. 3, 1777; Capt., Fourth Regiment of Foot, Lt.-Col. William Will commanding, June 17, 1777, Philadelphia Militia; at Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, White Marsh, and Valley Forge; Commissioner to Seize the Personal Effects of Traitors, Oct. 21, 1777; Commissioner of Forfeited Estates, May 6, 1778; Member of the Assembly of PA, 1779; Member of the Court of Inquiry respecting Militia Officers of PA, May 12, 1779; Member of the Committee to conduct rejoicings at completion of Confederation, 1781. COLEMAN SELLERS COLEMAN SELLERS, JR. HORACE WELLS SELLERS PEALE, JAMES 1749-1831 Ensign, Col. William Smallwood's MD Battalion, Jan. 14, 1776; First Lt., Dec. 10, 1776; promoted Capt., March 1, 1778, First Regiment, MD Line; resigned June 1, 1779. Member of the MD State Society of the Cincinnati. JOSEPH MEGARY PEALE WASHINGTON JAMES PEALE PEARSON, JOHN 1740-1829 First Lt., Nov. 13, 1776; promoted Capt., Sept. 7, 1777, Eleventh Regiment; transferred to Ninth Regiment, July 1, 1778; transferred to Second Regiment, Jan. 17, 1781; transferred to First Regiment, Jan. 1, 1783, PA Line; served to June, 1783. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. GEORGE PEARSON PEASE, SAMUEL 1718- Private, Major Nathaniel Terry's CT Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 20, 1775; Private, Third Company, Capt. Joel Clark, Eighth Regiment, Col. Jedediah Huntington, CT Militia, July 7-Dec. 16, 1775; Private, Third Regiment, CT Line, Feb. 23, 1778-Jan. 1, 1779. FRANCIS OLCOTT ALLEN PEASLEE, ZACCHEUS 1763-1810 Lt., Second Canadian Regiment ("Congress's Own"), Col. Moses Hazen, Continental Army; Aid-de-Camp to Col. Moses Hazen, Continental Army. Member of the NH State Society of the Cincinnati. CHARLES PEASLEE TURNER, M.D. PECK, JESSE 1735-1777 Corp., Capt. Noble Benedict's Company, Col. Philip Burr Bradley's Regiment, CT Militia, Aug. 26- Dec. 25, 1776. GEROGE LUTHER PECK PEELING, JOSHUA 1744-1837 Private, Capt. Thomas Herbert's Company, PA Musketry Battalion, Col. Samuel John Atlee, 1776; Sergeant, Capt. John Marshall's Company, PA State Regiment of Foot, Col. John Bull, March 1-May 1, 1777; Sergeant, Capt. John Marshall's Company, Thirteenth Regiment, PA Line, 1777; wounded by grape shot through the hand at Brandywine. ELIPHALET ORAM LYTE *FRANCIS ASBURY LYTE JOSHUA LOUIS LYTE PERKINS, FRANCIS 1732-1812 Second Lt., Capt. Jonathan Cogswell, Jr.'s, Company of Ipswich, MA Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19, 1775; Capt., Col. Jonathan Cogswell, Sr.'s, Regiment, MA Militia, 1776. EDWARD LANG PERKINS PERKINS, JACOB 1731-1792 Second Major, First Regiment, Burlington County, NJ Militia, April 18, 1778; Major, Col. John Taylor's Regiment, NJ State Troops, Oct. 9, 1779; Member of the Committee of Observation of Burlington County, NJ, 1775. LUCIUS SCOTT LANDRETH WILLIAM LINTON LANDRETH EDWIN STANLEY PERKINS, M.D. PERKINS, JOHN -1777 Private, Capt. Simon Spalding's Independent Company of the Wyoming Valley, PA, attached to the CT Line, Jan. 1, -July 6, 1777; killed by Indians, July 6, 1777. THOMAS HENRY ATHERTON PETERS, RICHARD 1744-1828 Capt., Philadelphia Battalion of Associators, 1775; Secretary of the Continental Board of War and Ordnance, June 13, 1776; Member of the New Board of War, 1777; Secretary of War of the United States, 1781; Member of the Continental Congress from PA, 1782-1783. RICHARD PETERS, JR. PETRIE, DANIEL 1732-1782 Private, Capt. Jacob Small's Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. Peter Bellinger, Tryon County, NY Militia; Private, Second Regiment, Ulster County, NY Militia; assisted in repelling the invasion of the Indians and Tories in the Mohawk Valley, NY, and was killed in the attack at Little Falls, July 14, 1782. JOSEPH BAYLIS THOMAS PETTIT, CHARLES 1736-1806 Assistant Quartermaster-General, PA Militia, May 18, 1778; resigned June 20, 1781. ARTHUR VINCENT MEIGS, M.D. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY MEIGS, M.D. PEYTON, DR. VALENTINE 1756- Second Lt., Feb. 5, 1776; First Lt.; Capt., Oct. 4, 1777, Third Regiment, VA Line; served also as Surgeon in the VA Line, 1778-1782. FRANCIS ANDREW MARCH, JR. PHELPS, DAVID 1733-1811 First Lt., Capt. Josiah Gillett's Company, Second Battalion, Col. Fisher Gay, CT Militia, June-Dec., 1776; at Long Island; Lt., CT Militia in the "Danbury Alarm," April 25-28, 1777; Capt., Col. Noah Phelps's Regiment, CT Militia in the "New Haven Alarm," July 5, 1779; captured and confined on the prison-ship "Jersey". FRANCIS ALEXANDER PHELPS *JOHN CASE PHELPS WILLIAM GEORGE PHELPS ZIBA BENNETT PHELPS PHILBROOK, THOMAS WELD 1760-1841 Private, RI Troops, 1776-1781; taken prisoner and confined eight months on prison-ship "Jersey." ISAAC STARR, JR. PHILIPS, DAVID 1742-1829 Capt., Second Company, Seventh Battalion, Col. William Gibbons, Chester County, PA Militia. May 17, 1777. JOHN LELAND MORRISON PHILIPS, JOHN 1745-1790 First Lt., Second Company, Capt. David Philips, Seventh Battalion, Col. William Gibbons, Chester County, PA Militia, 1777. GEORGE MORRIS PHILIPS, PH.D. PHILIPS, JOSIAH 1751-1817 Second Lt., Second Company, Capt. David Phillips, Seventh Battalion, Col. William Gibbons, Chester County, PA Militia, 1777. ERNEST LEIGHT TUSTIN PHILLIPS, CORNELIUS -1777 Private, Third Regiment, Col. Frederick Fisher, Tryon County, NY Militia; killed in action at Oriskany, NY, Aug. 6, 1777. BURNET LANDRETH, JR. SYMINGTON PHILLIPS LANDRETH PHILLIPS, JOHN 1757- Capt., First Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia; at Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, Monmouth, and Springfield. HENRY BLACKWELL BARTOW JOSIAH BLACKWELL BARTOW BURNET LANDRETH, JR. SYMINGTON PHILLIPS LANDRETH PHILLIPS, WILLIAM 1755-1836 Private, Capt. Thomas Berry's Company, Eighth Regiment, Col. Abraham Bowman, VA Line, Sept., 1777-1778; at Germantown and Valley Forge; served also from 1780 to Cornwallis's surrender in various expeditions under Cols. Daniel Morgan, Joseph Holmes, and William Clark, and was captured near the close of hostilities. JOSEPH LEIDY, JR., M.D. PIATT, JACOB 1747-1834 Ensign, Capt. Andrew M'Mires's Company, First Battalion, First Establishment, Dec. 15, 1775; Second Lt., Capt. Elias Longstreet's Company, Nov. 29, 1776; Adjutant, First Battalion, Second Establishment; First Lt. and Adjutant, First Regiment, Jan. 10, 1777; Capt.-Lt., First Regiment, to date from Feb. 2, 1779; Capt. by brevet; Capt., First Regiment, Oct. 26, 1779, NJ Line; resigned to date March 11, 1780. Member of the NJ State Society of the Cincinnati. WALTER GEORGE SMITH PIERCE, ABEL 1736-1814 Private, Capt. Andrew Backus's Plainfield, CT, Company of Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 20-27, 1775. GEORGE HOLLENBACK BUTLER PIERCE BUTLER JOHN CONYNGHAM STEVENS PIERCE, RUFUS 1751-1812 Matross, Capt. Daniel Vose's Company, Col. Lemuel Robinson's Regiment, April 19, 1775; Sergeant, Capt. William Babcock's Company, Col. Samuel Pierce's Regiment, Feb. 3, 1777-April 8, 1778, MA Militia. HENRY WARREN LITTLEFIELD PIERCE, WILLIAM 1727-1793 Lt., Capt. Ebenezer Tucker's Company of Milton, MA Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19, 1775; Capt., Col. John Crane's Artillery Regiment, MA Militia, Nov. 30, 1776. HENRY WARREN LITTLEFIELD PIERCY, CHRISTIAN -1793 Capt., Fifth Company, Second Battalion, Col. Sharp Delany, Philadelphia Militia, 1777; at Brandywine; wounded at Paoli. *Capt. JAMES FORNANCE, U.S.A. JOSEPH FORNANCE PINKERTON, JOHN 1735-1818 Private, Capt. John Ramsey's Company, First Battalion, Col. John Hannum, Chester County, PA Militia, June 18, 1777. JOHN JAMES PINKERTON SAMUEL STANHOPE SMITH PINKERTON PIPER, GEORGE 1755-1823 Private, Tenth Regiment, PA Line, Oct. 25, 1776-Jan. 17, 1781; at Princeton, Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown. *JOHN HENRY ZEILIN PIPER, JAMES 1735-1776 Lt.-Col., PA Rifle Regiment, Col. Samuel Miles, March 13, 1776; wounded and captured at the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776, and died in captivity. WILLIAM PIPER DE ARMIT PITKIN, THOMAS 1724-1818 Capt., Bolton, CT, Company of Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19, 1775. REV. CHARLES ELLIS STEVENS, LL.D.,D.C.L. PLATT, JOSEPH 1740-1792 Private, Capt. Ezekiel Sanford's Company, Fifth Regiment, Col. Philip Burr Bradley, CT Line, June 2, 1777; discharged Jan. 9, 1778. FREDERICK WOOD PLUMLY, GEORGE 1753-1813 Private, Bensalem Twp. Company, Capt. John Jarvis, First Battalion, Col. Joseph Kirkbride, Bucks County, PA Associators, Aug. 19, 1775. CHARLES EDWIN PLUMLY GEORGE WASHINGTON PLUMLY POLHEMUS, JOHN 1738-1831 Capt., First Battalion, First Establishment, Nov. 22, 1775; Capt., First Battalion, Second Establishment, Nov. 29, 1776; Major, First Battalion, Second Establishment, NJ Line; retired Sept. 26, 1780; in the expedition to Canada; at Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Iron Hill, Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown, Valley Forge, and Monmouth; captured by Tories and confined for two years in the Provost Gaol and Sugar-House Prison, NY. Member of the NJ State Society of the Cincinnati. HORACE MAGEE RICHARD DALE SPARHAWK POLK, ROBERT Commander, sloop "Black Jake," MD Navy. JOSEPH LEIDY, JR., M.D. POLK, THOMAS 1732-1793 Member of the Assembly of NC; a Signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, May 20, 1775; Col., Second Battalion, North Carolina Minute Men, Dec. 21, 1775; Col., Fourth Regiment, NC Line, April 16, 1776-June 28, 1778; Commissary of Provisions, NC Troops; Brig.Gen., NC Militia, 1781. RUFUS KING POLK POLK, WILLIAM 1758-1834 Second Lt., Third Regiment, NC State Troops, 1775; Major, Ninth Regiment, NC Line, 1776; Lt.-Col., Fourth Regiment, NC State Troops, 1777-1781; at Brandywine, Germantown, where he was wounded in the tongue, Camden, Guilford Court-House, and Eutaw Springs, where he was again wounded; he was the last surviving Field Officer of the NC Line. Member of the NC State Society of the Cincinnati. RUFUS KING POLK POLLOCK, SAMUEL 1738-1821 Private, Capt. James Murray's Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. Robert Elder, Lancaster County, PA Militia; on detached duty under Capt. John Rutherford, April, 1779. RICHARD EDEY CLAY, JR. POMEROY, DANIEL 1737- Private, Capt. Nathan Rowlee's Company, Lt.-Col. Timothy Robinson's Regiment, Hampshire County, MA Militia, Jan. 18-April 3, 1777; Sergeant, Capt. John Morgan's Company, Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's Regiment, Aug. 24-Nov. 29, 1777; Capt., Col. Israel Chapin's Regiment, Hampshire County, MA Militia, July 6, 1778; Capt. of a detachment of Gen. Danielson's Brigade, Hampshire County, MA Militia, July 1-Oct. 31, 1778. CHARLES POMEROY SHERMAN POPE, JOSEPH 1742-1825 Sergeant, Capt. Daniel Egrees's Company of Dartmouth, MA Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 21, 1775; Second Lt., Second Regiment, Bristol County, MA Militia, 1776. EDWARD CLINTON LEE *WILLIAM JENKS LEE PORTER, ANDREW 1743-1813 Capt. of Marines, June 19, 1776, serving on frigate "Effingham," Capt., Second Regiment, Col. John Lamb, Continental Artillery, Jan. 1, 177; transferred to Pa State Regiment of Artillery, Col. Thomas Proctor, Jan. 1, 1781; promoted Major, April 19, 1781; promoted Lt.-Col., Dec. 24, 1782, to rank from Jan. 1, 1782; Lt.-Col. Commandant, Jan. 1, 1783; retired June 17, 1783. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. HENRY MARTYN DECHERT HENRY TAYLOR DECHERT *ROBERT PORTER DECHERT CHARLES MULLER HERBERTON, M.D. JOHN BIDDLE PORTER HON. WILLIAM WAGENER PORTER WILLIAM BROOKE RAWLE PORTER, ROBERT 1768-1842 Cadet, Jan. 9, 1779; First Lt., July 2, 1781, under the arrangement of the PA Artillery of 1781; Second Lt., Jan. 1, 1783, under the arrangement of 1783; Col. Thomas Proctor's PA Artillery, Continental Army. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. HENRY MARTYN DECHERT HENRY TAYLOR DECHERT *ROBERT PORTER DECHERT POTTER, DANIEL 1760-1828 Private, Capt. Samuel Granger's Company, Col. Charles Webb's Regiment; Corporal, Capt. Higby's Company, Col. Samuel Blatchey Webb's Regiment, CT Line, 1776; discharged at West Point, Jan., 1783. LELAND BARKER POTTER POTTER, DAVID 1745-1805 Col., Second Battalion, Cumberland County, NJ Militia, 1776; Col., Battalion of State Troops, Nov. 27, 1776; appointed Brig.-Gen. of Militia, Feb. 21, 1777, which he declined March 15, 1777; captured at the battle of Germantown. ROBERT POTTER MOLTEN POTTER, JAMES 1729-1789 Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Member of the Supreme Executive Council of PA, Oct. 9, 1780, and Vice-President thereof, Nov. 15, 1781; Col., Second Battalion, Northumberland County, PA Associators, Jan. 24, 1776; Brig.-Gen., PA Militia, April 5, 1777; Maj.-Gen., PA Militia, May 23, 1782; served to close of the war; at Trenton, Princeton, where he was wounded, Brandywine, and Germantown. WILLIAM WILSON CURTIN DAVID McMURTRIE GREGG, JR. JOHN IRVIN POTTER ALAN DICKSON WILSON POTTER, WILLIAM 1753-1838 Lt., Capt. Simeon Thayer's Company, Col. Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment, RI Militia, 1775; Capt. of Prisoners' Guard, Providence, RI, 1776; Member of Capt. Barnard Eddy's Company of RI Artificers, 1776; Ensign, Providence, RI Grenadiers, Feb. 7, 1777; served also in Capt. Jonathan Arnold's Company of RI Grenadiers, 1778. WILLIAM FRANKLIN POTTER POTTS, THOMAS 1729-1777 Deputy from Sussex County, NJ, to the Provincial Congress of NJ, Oct. 2, 1775; Bearer of Despatches from the Provincial Congress of NJ to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia; Deputy from Sussex County, NJ, in the Convention of NJ, June 10, 1776. CHARLES WILLIAM POTTS *WILLIAM JOHN POTTS POTTS, THOMAS 1735-1788 Member of the PA Assembly, 1775; Col., Philadelphia County, PA Associators, 1775; Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776. BUSHROD WASHINGTON JAMES, M.D. *CLARENCE GRAY JAMES POULTNEY, THOMAS 1762-1828 Private, Capt. Tench Francis's Company, First Battalion, Lt.-Col. James Reed commanding, Philadelphia Militia, 1781. *JAMES MIFFLIN POUNDS, JOHN, SR. 1720-1789 Wagonmaster, NJ Militia; Capt. and Conductor of Team Brigade, Wagonmaster-General's Department, NJ Militia. REV. IRWIN POUNDS McCURDY, D.D., LL.D., LITT.D. JOSEPH ALEXANDER McCURDY POWELL, LEVIN 1737-1810 Member of the Committee of Safety of Loudoun County, VA, 1775; Lt.-Col., Col. William Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Jan. 11, 1777; resigned Nov. 15, 1778. POWELL EVANS FRANCIS WHITING POWELL POWELL, RICHARD 1749-1818 Private, Gloucester County, NJ Militia. THEODORE FRANK BUTCHER GEORGE WASHINGTON POWELL, JR. POWELL, SAMUEL 1739-1815 Capt., Philadelphia Associators, 1776; Second Lt., First Company, Col. Jehu Eyre's Artillery Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, April 25, 1779. WASHINGTON BLEDDYN POWELL PRATT, JOSEPH 1748-1838 Private, Col. Thomas Church's Third Regiment, 1775; Drummer and Drum-Major, Col. William Richmond's Regiment, 1776, RI Militia. JOSEPH PRATT MUMFORD PREBLE, ESAIAS 1742-1812 Capt., Company of MA Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," 1775; Capt., Col. Ebenezer Sayer's First York, MA, Regiment, June 25, 1776; Capt., Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment, April 1-July 6, 1778, MA Militia. *Surgeon JOHN HANCOCK HALL, M.D., U.S.N. EDMUND ALPHONSO SOUDER THOMAS MIFFLIN SOUDER PRESTON, WILLIAM 1729-1788 A Signer of the Halston Address to Congress, Jan. 20, 1775; County Lt. and active in organizing the VA troops; Col., VA Militia, 1775; served under Gen. Nathaniel Greene in 1781; at Guilford Court-House he received injuries from which he died. ETHELBERT DUDLEY WARFIELD, LL.D. PRICE, SAMUEL 1750-1801 Member of the Committee of Observation of Chester County, PA, Dec. 20, 1774; Private, Capt. William Price's Company, First Battalion, Col. John Hannum, Chester County, PA Militia, June 22, 1777. EDWARD AUGUSTUS PRICE HOWARD CAMPBELL PRICE SAMUEL ALDRICH PRICE WILLIAM GRAY PRICE, JR. WILLIAM PRICE SHARPLESS ELIJAH HOLLINGSWORTH SITER, M.D. FRANK EVANS TOWNSEND PUGH, JOHN 1747-1840 Private, Capt. Joseph Gardner's Company, Second Battalion, Col. Evan Evans, 1778; Ensign, Eighth Company, Fifth Battalion, Col. John McDowell, 1780, Chester County, PA Militia. ACHILLES HENRY PUGH PUTNAM, ISRAEL 1718-1790 Lt.-Col., Eleventh Regiment, CT Militia, in the "Lexington Alarm," April 20-May 1, 1775; Col., Third Regiment, CT Militia, May 1, 1775; Maj.-Gen., Continental Army, June 19, 1775; retired June 3, 1783; commanded CT Troops at Bunker Hill; at Long Island. CHARLES A. BRINLEY PUTNAM, JOHN 1767-1841 Private, Lt. Person's Company, Col. John Asley's Regiment, 1780; Private, Capt. Benjamin Pike's Company, Sixth Regiment, Jan., 1781-Dec., 1781; Private, Capt. Japeth Daniels's Company, Sixth Regiment, Jan.-Dec., 1782, MA Line. GEORGE TOME BUSH RALSTON, JOHN 1735-1795 Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Paymaster, Northampton County, PA Militia, Feb. 16, 1781; Auditor of Depreciation Accounts, 1781. DAVID BRAINARD CASE RANDOLPH, EDWARD FITZ 1754-1837 First Lt., Fourth Regiment, PA Line, Jan. 3, 1777; resigned May 10, 1779; at Trenton, Brandywine, Paoli, where he was severely wounded, Germantown, Valley Forge, and Monmouth. CHARLES HANDY RICHARD RANDOLPH PARRY EDWARD RANDOLPH WOOD RANNEY, GEORGE 1747-1822 Private, Capt. David Smith's Company, Col. Samuel Elmore's Regiment, CT Militia, June 1, 1776-1777; Private, Capt. Stephen Potter's Company, Second Regiment, CT Line, March 30, 1777-June, 1783. EDWARD DIMICK ELLIS RANSOM, GEORGE PALMER 1762-1850 Private, Capt. Samuel Ransom's Company, 1776-1778; Private, Capt. Simon Spalding's Company, 1778, Independent Companies of the Wyoming Valley, PA, attached to the CT Line; at Millstone, Bound Brook, Brandywine, Germantown, Mud Fort, and in Sullivan's Expedition; discharged at West Point at close of war. JAMES MONROE HODGE RANSOM, SAMUEL 1737-1778 Capt., Second Independent Company of the Wyoming Valley, PA, attached to the CT Line, Aug. 26, 1776; resigned June, 1778; at Millstone, Bound Brook, Brandywine, Germantown, and Mud Fort; Volunteer Aid to Col. Zebulon Butler, and was killed at the Wyoming Massacre, July 3, 1778. JAMES MONROE HODGE SAMUEL ALDRICH PRICE RATHBONE, SAMUEL 1705-1780 Lt., Capt. John Sand's Company of Block Island, RI Militia, 1775-1776. ROBERT PACKER RATHBUN RAYMOND, CLAPP 1730- Capt., Fairfield County, CT Militia, 1777. CHARLES WEAVER BAILEY JOSEPH TROWBRIDGE BAILEY JOSEPH TROWBRIDGE BAILEY, JR. CLARENCE RAYMOND CLAGHORN JAMES RAYMOND CLAGHORN RAYMOND, URIAH 1746-1810 Ensign, Capt. Seth Seymour's Company, Ninth Regiment, Lt.-Col. John Mead commanding, CT Militia, Aug. 12-Sept. 11, 1776, and Oct. 24, 1776-Jan. 24, 1777; mustered out as Capt. in same Regiment, 1780. HENRY WARREN RAYMOND REA, JOHN 1755-1829 Lt., Fifth Battalion, Jan. 20, 1777; Capt., Eighth Company, Eighth Battalion, Col. Abraham Smith, July 31, 1777, and May 14, 1778; Capt., Second Company, First Battalion, Lt.-Col. James Johnston commanding, May 10, 1780, Cumberland County, PA Militia. CHARLES REA SAMUEL REA READ, DAVID 1752-1838 Private, Capt. John Barker's Company, Second Battalion, Cumberland County, NJ Militia; in engagements near Cooper's Creek, and at Quinton's Bridge. JOHN RUE READ WASHINGTON DUNLAP READ READ, GEORGE 1733-1798 Member of the Continental Congress from DE, 1774-1777; a Signer of the Declaration of Independence; President of the DE Constitutional Convention of 1776; Admiralty Judge, 1782. WILLIAM READ FISHER READ, JAMES 1743-1822 City Lt. of Philadelphia, April 10, 1777; Capt., "South Ward" Company, Col. William Bradford's Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, 1777; Major of same, July, 1777; Major, Col. Jonathan Bayard Smith's Battalion, Aug. 2, 1777; Lt.-Col., First Battalion 1780 and 1782, Philadelphia Militia; at Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown; Senior Commissioner of the Navy, 1781. REV. JAMES McINTOSH LONGSTRETH ECKARD REV. LEIGHTON WILSON ECKARD, D.D. READ, JOSEPH 1739-1814 Member of the Committee of Observation of Burlington County, NJ, Feb. 14, 1775; Member of the Provincial Congress of NJ, May-June-August, 1775. Captain JOHN JOSEPH READ, U.S.N. REDINGTON, JOHN 1757-1830 Private, Capt. Abner Prior's Company, Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment, May, 1776; Private, Capt. James Dana's Company, Gen. David Waterbury's Brigade, April 29, 1781, CT Militia; taken prisoner at Horse Neck, CT, and confined in "Sugar-House," NY; served also in Capt. Allen's CT Artillery; at Trenton and Saratoga. WILLIAM ERNEST CARTER REED, JAMES -1807 Col., Third Regiment, NH Militia, April 28-Dec., 1775; with Col. John Stark's Regiment he held the "Rail Fence" at the battle of Bunker Hill, and covered the retreat of the Continental Army; Col., Second Regiment, NH Line, Jan. 1, 1776; Brig.-Gen., Continental Army, Aug. 9, 1776; became blind in the Canadian Expedition, and retired from service, Sept., 1776. Member of the NH State Society of the Cincinnati. ULRIC DAHLGREN REED, JOSEPH 1741-1785 Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; Delegate to the Provincial Convention of PA, Jan. 23, 1775; Lt.-Col. and Military Secretary to General Washington, July 4, 1775-May 16, 1776; Adjutant-General, Continental Army, June 5, 1776; resigned Jan. 22, 1777; Member of the Continental Congress from PA, 1777-1778; a Signer of the Articles of Confederation, 1778; Attorney-General of PA, Aug. 21, 1778; President of the Supreme Executive Council of PA, Dec. 1, 1778. *Hon. HENRY REED REEDER, JOHN 1751-1813 Private, Capt. William Tucker's Company, and Capt. John Mott's Company, First Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia. WILBUR FISK REEDER REILY, JOHN 1752-1810 First Lt., Twelfth Regiment, Oct. 16, 1776; promoted Capt., May 20, 1777; transferred to Third Regiment, July 1, 1778; transferred to Invalid Regiment, Aug. 12, 1780, PA Line; served to close of war; wounded at Bonhampton, NJ, April, 1777. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. LUTHER REILY KELKER REYNOLDS, DAVID 1734-1816 Private, Third Company, Capt. John Dixon, Third Battalion, Col. Comfort Sage, Gen. James Wadsworth's Brigade, CT Militia, 1776; Private, Capt. Paul Brigham's Company, Fifth Regiment, CT Line, Jan. 1, 1781-Jan. 1, 1783; at Long Island and White Plains. WILLIAM REYNOLDS RICKETTS REYNOLDS, THOMAS 1729-1803 Lt.-Col., Second Regiment, Burlington County, NJ Militia; promoted Col., June 6, 1777; resigned Dec. 18, 1782; prisoner of war and paroled; exchanged for Col. Simcoe, British Foot. FRANK CARPENTER WILLIAM DARLINGTON EVANS REYNOLDS, WILLIAM -1792 Private, Twenty-fourth Regiment, CT Militia, Col. Nathan Denison, in a detachment commanded by Col. Zebulon Butler, June 24-Oct. 1, 1778. WILLIAM REYNOLDS RICKETTS RICE, PHINEAS 1728-1819 Ensign, North-East Company, First Regiment of VT Minute Men, Col. John Van Ness, Oct. 17, 1775; Private, Capt. Stephen Shepardson's Company, First or Lower Regiment, Col. William Williams, NY Militia, Jan. 4, 1776; Member of a Committee of Safety, April 7, 1777-April, 1778. STANLEY GRISWOLD FLAGG, JR. RICE, SETH 1737-1815 First Lt., Capt. Brigham's Company, Col. Golden's Regiment, Worcester County, MA Militia, 1776; First Lt., Sixth Company, Col. Job Cushing's Regiment, Worcester County, MA Militia, 1777; First Lt., Capt. Lyons's Company, Col. Wade's Regiment, MA Militia, 1778; First Lt., Capt. Moore's Company, Col. Jacobs's Regiment, MA Militia, 1779. LEWIS RICE RICHARDS, MATTHIAS 1758-1830 Private, Second Battalion, Col. Daniel Udree, Berks County, PA Militia, 1777; at Germantown. JOHN WILLIAM RICHARDS McKNIGHT Lt. HENRY MELCHIOR MUHLENBERG RICHARDS, U.S.N. RICHARDS, SAMUEL 1753-1841 Sgt., Sixth Company, Capt. Noadiah Hooker, Second Regiment, Col. Samuel Wyllys, May 4-Dec. 18, 1775; Ensign, Twenty-second Regiment, Col. Samuel Wyllys, Jan. 1- Dec. 31, 1776, CT Militia; First Lt., Third Regiment, CT Line, Jan 1, 1777; Regimental Paymaster, Sept. 8, 1778; Regimental Clothier, April 5, 1779; Acting Brigade Major; retired Jan. 1, 1781. Member of the CT State Society of the Cincinnati. GEORGE STANLEY WOODWARD, M.D. RICHARDSON, NATHAN Corporal, Capt. Ithamer Wright's Company, Brookfield, MA Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19-May 1, 1775. HARRY ALDEN RICHARDSON RICKETTS, EDWARD 1759- Lt., Capt. John Spender's Company, Second Battalion, Col. Hugh Davidson, Bedford County, PA Militia, 1781. WILLIAM REYNOLDS RICKETTS RIDDLE, WILLIAM 1750-1796 Private, Capt. James Gibson's Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. James Wilson, Cumberland County, PA Militia. DAVID KURTZ HAMILTON RIDGWAY, WILLIAM 1755-1833 Master of various American privateers; captured by British sloop "Rover," 1779, and sent to Island of St. Christopher; escaped and made first officer of an American privateer of sixteen guns, and again captured by the British cruiser "Galatea," and confined on a prison-ship in NY. HOWARD RIDGWAY DEACON RINGGOLD, JAMES Lt., Company of MD Light Infantry, 1776; Second Lt., Col. William Smallwood's Regiment, MD Line, Jan. 14, 1776. JOHN THOMPSON SPENCER RITCHIE, CRAIG 1758-1833 Capt., Col. William Crawford's Regiment of PA Militia in the Sandusky Expedition, 1782. CRAIG DORSEY RITCHIE ROBERTS, ALGERON 1751-1815 Lt.-Col., Seventh Battalion, Col. Isaac Warner, Philadelphia County, PA Militia, 1777; commissioner of Purchases for Philadelphia County, PA July 6, 1780. *GEORGE BROOKE ROBERTS GEORGE THEODORE ROBERTS ROBINSON, ABRAHAM 1740-1787 Member of the Committee of Safety of New Castle County, DE, Nov. 7, 1776; Member of the Delaware Assembly, 1776-1777; Member of the Committee of Assembly to adjust accounts of Second Delaware Battalion, Jan. 6, 1777; Member of the Committee of Assembly for raising troops. EDWARD MORTON McILVAIN WILLIAM McILVAIN ROBINSON, DANIEL 1738-1832 Lt. and Quartermaster, ship "Montgomery," PA Navy, May 1, 1776; Member of the Finance Committee, State of DE, May 14, 1778. REV. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN CHARLES NORRIS ROBINSON ROBERTS COLES ROBINSON ROBINSON, INCREASE 1739-1817 Private, Pembroke, MA, Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19-29, 1775; Sgt., Capt. Eleazar Hamlin's Company, Col. John Thomas's Regiment, May 1, 1775; Ensign of same, June 1, 1775; Private, Pembroke, MA, Minute Men in the "Braintree and Weymouth Alarm," March 4-8, 1776; First Lt., Eighth Company, Second Regiment, MA Militia, May 10, 1776; Ensign, Capt. Zachariah Watkins's Company, Col. Ezra Wood's Regiment, MA Line, 1778-1779. REV. LUCIEN MOORE ROBINSON ROBINSON, THOMAS 1751-1819 Capt., Fourth PA Battalion, Col. Anthony Wayne, Jan. 5, 1776; Major, Fifth Regiment, Oct. 2, 1776; promoted Lt.-Col., First Regiment, June 11, 1777; transferred to Second Regiment, Jan 1, 1783, PA Line; served to Nov., 1783; wounded at Brandywine. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. ROBERT EGLESFELD GRIFFITH ROCKWELL, JABEZ 1740-1826 Private, Seventh Company, Capt. Edward Mott, Sixth Regiment, Col. Samuel Holden Parsons, CT Militia, May 6-Nov. 13, 1775; Private, Capt. Vine Elderkin's Company, Seventh Regiment, CT Line, Feb. 16, 1777-Feb. 16, 1780; at Germantown, Valley Forge, and Monmouth. Lieutenant-Colonel ALMON FERDINAND ROCKWELL, U.S.A. ROCKWELL, JABEZ 1761-1847 Private, and Fifer, in the Companies of Capts. Sears, Purdy, Barnum, Geddings, David Pearse, and Frederick Zimmerman, Ninth Regiment, Col. John Mead, and Thirteenth Regiment, Lt.-Col. Samuel Canfield commanding, CT Militia, Dec., 1777-Dec., 1782. CHARLES FOX ROCKWELL RODMAN, WILLIAM 1757-1824 Member of the Committee to Superintend Printing Bills of Credit for PA, June 30, 1775; Quartermaster of Gen. John Lacey's Brigade, PA Militia, Oct. 4, 1781. CHARLES HENRY JONES RICHMOND LEGH JONES RODNEY, JOHN 1725-1792 Member of the Committee of Safety of Sussex County, DE, Nov. 7, 1776; Military Treasurer of Sussex County, DE, Feb. 21, 1777; Member of the Committee of Accounts of Military Expenses, Sussex County, DE, Oct. 29, 1777. GEORGE RODNEY BOOTH LUCIUS SCOTT LANDRETH *OLIVER LANDRETH WILLIAM LINTON LANDRETH RODNEY, THOMAS 1714-1811 Capt., promoted Col., Dover Light Infantry, DE State Troops; at Princeton and Monmouth. *THEOPHILUS PARVIN, M.D., LL.D. ROGERS, JOHN 1744-1796 Private, Third Troop, Col. Elisha Sheldon's CT Light Dragoons, Continental Army, May 24, 1777. JOHN ROGERS MORRIS ROHRMAN, CONRAD -1796 Sergeant-Major, Capt. John Kling's Company, Second Artillery Battalion, Col. Benjamin George Eyre, Philadelphia Militia, Aug. 31, 1780. JOSEPH CRAWFORD EGBERT, M.D., PH.D. ROSENTHAL, GUSTAVUS HENRY JOHANN, BARON DE (ROSE, JOHN) 1753-1829 Baron de Rosenthal was a Russian Nobleman who left his country to join the American forces; he assumed the name of John Rose, by which he was known throughout the war; appointed Surgeon, Seventh Regiment, PA Line, June 12, 1777; Surgeon's Mate, transferred to General Hospital, Continental Army; Surgeon's Mate, Seventh Regiment, PA Line; Surgeon, ship "Revenge," Continental Navy; captured and remained a prisoner of war in NY during the winter of 1780-1781; Ensign, Fourth Regiment, PA Line, April 1, 1781; Aid-de-Camp, with rank of Major, to Brigadier-General William Irvine, July 8, 1781; Adjutant in Col. William Crawford's Volunteer Expedition to Sandusky, Ohio, 1782; Lt., Third Regiment, PA Line, Jan. 1, 1783, and served to June, 1783; at Valley Forge; Secretary, Council of Censors of PA, Dec. 18, 1783. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. Baron GEORGE CHARLES PILAR VON PILCHAU ROSS, DR. ALEXANDER 1713-1780 Surgeon, Hospital Department, Continental Army. WILLIAM INNES FORBES CHALRES ABERCROMBIE SIMS *HON. CLIFFORD STANLEY SIMS, D.C.L. JOHN CLARKE SIMS ROSS, DANIEL 1757-1854 Private, Col. John Nixon's Regiment, MA Militia, May 1, 1775; at Lexington, Bunker Hill, and Long Island. SAMUEL AMORY GOODHUE ROSS, GEORGE 1730-1779 Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; Member of the Committee to Inspect Military Stores, July 6, 1775; Member of the Committee of Safety of PA, Oct. 20, 1775-July 22, 1776; Col., First Battalion, Lancaster County, PA Associators, 1775-1776; President of the Military Convention held at Lancaster, PA, July 4, 1776, to choose Brig.-Gens. for the Associated Battalions of PA; Member of the Continental Congress from PA, 1774-1777; a Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Vice-President of the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Commissioner to the Indian Treaty at Fort Pitt, 1776; Judge of the PA Court of Admiralty, March 1, 1779. FREDERICK DILLER BAKER WASHINGTON HOPKINS BAKER, M.D. WILLIAM BOYD BAKER ROSS, JOHN 1752-1796 Capt., Third Battalion, First Establishment, Feb. 9, 1776; Capt., Third Battalion, Second Establishment, Nov. 29, 1776; Capt., Third Regiment; Maj., Second Regiment, April 7, 1779, NJ Line; promoted Brig.-Maj. and Inspector, NJ Brigade; Lt.-Col., Second Regiment, Burlington County, NJ Militia, Dec. 18, 1782. Member of the NJ State Society of the Cincinnati. WILLIAM INNES FORBES CHARLES ABERCROMBIE SIMS *HON. CLIFFORD STANLEY SIMS, D.C.L. JOHN CLARKE SIMS ROSS, WILLIAM 1761-1842 Private, Capt. John Franklin's Independent Company of the Wyoming Valley, PA, attached to the CT Line. ASHER MINER SIDNEY ROBY MINER ROSSELL, ZACHARIAH 1723-1815 Private, First Battalion, Second Establishment; Private, Capt. Jonathan Dayton's Company, Third Regiment; Private, First Regiment, NJ Line; captured and confined in "Provost Prison." Capt. JOHN JOSEPH READ, U.S.N. ROWEN, CHRISTOPHER 1732-1837 Private, Capt. George Nagel's Company, Col. William Thompson's PA Battalion of Riflemen, 1775-1776; Private, Capt. George Humes's Company, First Regiment, PA Line, 1776-1783. WILLIAM SMITH ROWEN ROWLAND, JONATHAN 1751- Capt., Fourth Company, Fifth Battalion, Col. Richard Thomas, Chester County, PA Militia, 1777. BENJAMIN ROWLAND EDWARD KOONS ROWLAND RUDOLPH, JACOB 1744-1795 Capt., Second Company, Third Battalion, Col. Caleb Davis, Chester County, PA Militia, May 14, 1777; captured at Darby, PA, in the retreat of the American Army from Brandywine, Sept. 12, 1777; exchanged June, 1778; Member of the Board of Supplies of Chester County, PA, 1777. Capt. HENRY HOBART BELLAS, U.S.A. DAVID McKNIGHT HOBART WILLIAM RUDOLPH SMITH RUMSEY, CHARLES 1736-1780 Member of the MD Convention, 1775; Member of the Council of Safety of MD, 1776; Col., "Elk Battalion," Cecil County, MD Militia, 1776; County-Lt. of Cecil County, MD, 1777. WILLIAM ELLISON BULLUS RUPERT, PHILIP 1738-1829 First Lt., First Company, Capt. Conrad Geist, Fourth Battalion, Col. Nicholas Lutz, Berks County, PA Militia, May 17, 1777. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HEITSHU RUPLEY, JACOB 1724-1793 Lt., Seventh Company, Capt. John Carothers, Third Battalion, Lt.-Col. Samuel Irwin commanding, Cumberland County, PA Militia, May 10, 1780. DONALD CAMERON HALDEMAN RICHARD CAMERON HALDEMAN ALEXANDER WILSON NORRIS RUSH, DR. BENJAMIN 1745-1813 Member of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776; Member of the Continental Congress from PA, 1776-1777; a Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Surgeon-General, Hospital of the Middle Department, April 11, 1777; Physician-General, Hospital of the Middle Department, July 1, 1777; resigned Jan. 30, 1778. ALEXANDER WILLIAM BIDDLE, M.D. LOUIS ALEXANDER BIDDLE JOHN CALVERT BENJAMIN RUSH RUSH, WILLIAM 1757-1833 Ensign, Capt. Philip Wagener's Company, Fourth Regiment of Foot, Col. William Will, Philadelphia Militia, Sept. 9, 1777. WILLIAM RUSH DUNTON, M.D. RUSSELL, ALEXANDER 1759-1836 Second Lt., Seventh Regiment, Feb. 3, 1777; promoted First Lt., Sept. 1, 1777, PA Line; resigned April 16, 1779. Pay-Director ALEXANDER WILSON RUSSELL, U.S.N. Ensign ALEXANDER WILSON RUSSELL, JR., U.S.N. RUSSELL, EVAN 1760-1838 Private, Capt. Samuel Elliott's Company, Fifth Battalion, May-Aug., 1779; Sergeant, Capt. Joseph Jenkins's Company, Col. James Ross's Regiment, Aug.-Nov., 1780, Lancaster County, PA Militia. HUBERT HUGHES RUSSELL RUSSELL, JOHN 1759-1836 Private, Capt. Caleb Montague's Company, Col. Williams's Regiment, and Capt. Christopher Woodbridge's Company, Col. John Greaton's Regiment, MA Line, July 5, 1780-Jan. 7, 1781. Capt. BENJAMIN REEVES RUSSELL, U.S.M.C. RUSSELL, JONATHAN 1731-1813 Corporal, Capt. Abraham Foot's Company, Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment, CT Militia, May 8-June 6, 1777. WALTER LEE MERWIN ST. CLAIR, ARTHUR 1734-1818. Colonel, PA Militia, 1775; Colonel, Second PA Battalion, Jan. 3, 1776; Brig-Gen., Continental Army, Aug. 9, 1776; Maj.-Gen., Feb. 19, 1777, and served to close of war; Member of the Council of Censors of PA, 1783; at Ticonderoga, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Yorktown. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. DAVID KNICKERBACKER BOYD ST. CLAIR, DANIEL 1764-1833. Ensign, Capt. John Reese's Company, Second PA Battalion, Col. Arthur St. Clair, Sept. 20, 1776; First Lt., Third Regiment, PA Line, April 1, 1777; retired, Jan. 17, 1781. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. DAVID KNICKERBACKER BOYD SAFFORD, JOSEPH 1742-1804. Capt., VT Militia; Member of the Constitutional Convention of NH, 1777. Major WILLIAM FARRAR SMITH, U.S.A. SAHM, MATTHIAS. Private, Capt. Jacob Baldy's Company, Sixth Battalion, Col. Joseph Hiester, Berks County, PA Militia, Aug. 10-Sept 9. 1780. WILLIAM KOPP TRITLE SAHM, M.D. SALTER, TITUS 1725-1790 Capt., in command of the batteries of Portsmouth Harbor, NH, Sept. 27, 1775-July 8, 1779; Commander of war-ship "Hampden," MA Navy, July 9, 1779-June 20, 1783. *TITUS SALTER EMERY SANDERS THOMAS -1821 Private, First Battalion, Second Establishment, NJ Line; Private, Capt. Rynear Staats's Company, Second Battalion, Somerset County, NJ Militia; Private, NJ State Troops. REV. CALVIN DILL WILSON REV. MAURICE EMORY WILSON, D.D. SANDS, COMFORT 1748-1834 Member of the NY Committee of One Hundred, May 1, 1775; Member of the Provincial Congress of NY, 1776; Member of the Committee of Safety of NY, Jan. 10, 1776; Auditor-General of NY, 1776-1782; Paymaster of Westchester, Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster Counties, NY Militia, April 4, 1777; Member of the New Haven Convention, 1778. FREDERICK PRIME SAYRES, MATTHIAS 1746-1792 Capt. and Wagonmaster, Wagonmaster-General's Department of NJ. EDWARD STALKER SAYRES HARRY SAYRES SCHERMERHORN, JACOB C. 1743-1822 First Lt., Capt. John H. Beekman's Company, Fifth Regiment, Col. Stephen Schuyler, 1775-1776; Second Major, Fourth Regiment, Col. Kilian Van Rensselaer, Albany County, NY Militia; at Saratoga. LOUIS YOUNGLOVE SCHERMERHORN SCHERMERHORN, LUCAS JACOB 1732- Capt., Third Company, Fourth Regiment (Second Rensselaerwyck Battalion), Col. Kilian Van Rensselaer, Albany County, NY Militia, Oct. 20 1775. FRANK EARLE SCHERMERHORN SCHOFF, JOHN 1762-1801 Private, Capt. Sylvanus Smith's Company, Col. Timothy Bigelow's Regiment, MA Line, April 1, 1777-1780; at Valley Forge. FREDERIC SCHOFF SCHUREMAN, JOHN 1729-1795 Member of the Provincial Congress of NJ, May-June-August, 1775; Member of the Committee of Correspondence of NJ, June 3, 1775; Member of the Committee of Safety of NJ, Aug. 17, 1775; Member of the NJ Assembly, 1775; Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Middlesex County, NJ, 1776. HENRY DUSENBERY MAXWELL SCOTT, GUSTAVUS 1753-1801 Deputy to the MD Convention, June 22, 1774; Delegate to the MD Convention, June 26, 1775; Member of the Association of Freemen, July 26, 1775; Deputy to the MD Convention, Dec. 7, 1775-May 8, 1776, and June 21, 1776-Aug. 14, 1776; Member of the Committee of Safety of Somerset County, MD, 1776; Member of the MD Assembly, 1780. CHARLES HENRY SCOTT JOHN CAILE SCOTT LOUIS SLESMAN SCOTT CHARLES LOVE SCOTT TINGLEY SCOTT, JOHN MORIN 1730-1784 Member of the NY Committee of One Hundred, May 1, 1775; Member of the Provincial Congress of NY, 1775-1777; Brig.-Gen., NY Militia, June 9, 1776- March 1, 1777; wounded at White Plains; Member of the Committee to prepare Form of Government for NY, Aug. 1, 1777; Member of the Council of Safety of NY, 1777; Secretary of State, NY, March 13, 1778, until his death; Member of the Continental Congress from NY, 1780-1783. Honorary Member of the NY State Society of the Cincinnati. THOMAS LEAMING ALEXANDER HARVEY SCOTT JOHN MORIN SCOTT *LEWIS ALLAIRE SCOTT LEWIS ALLAIRE SCOTT, JR. SCOTT, WILLIAM 1743-1815 Capt. of a Company of NH Militia, April, 1775; Capt., Twenty-eighth Regiment, Col. Paul Dudley Sargent, July 7, 1775; Capt., Sixteenth Regiment, Jan. 1, 1776, MA Line; Capt., First Company, First Regiment, Col. John Stark, Nov. 8, 1776; Major, Aug. 13, 1781, to date from Sept. 20, 1777; Brigade-Major, General Enoch Poor's Brigade, Nov. 5, 1779, NH Line; Brevet Lt.-Col., given at Princeton, NJ, Oct. 10, 1783; in service until Jan, 1784 - eight years and eight months; at Bunker Hill, Lake George, Bemus Heights, where he was wounded, Valley Forge, and Sullivan's Expedition. THOMAS SEYMOUR SCOTT SEARLE, CONSTANT 1728-1778 Private, Capt. Samuel Ransom's Independent Company of the Wyoming Valley, PA, attached to the CT Line; killed at the Wyoming Massacre, July 3, 1778. ASHER MINER CHARLES ABBOTT MINER SIDNEY ROBY MINER SEARLE, JAMES 1730-1797 Member of the Continental Navy Board for the Middle District, Aug. 19, 1778; Member of the Continental Congress from PA, 1778-1780; Financial Agent to secure a foreign loan, 1780; Lt.-Col., PA Militia, 1780. VICTOR GUILLOU SEARLE, WILLIAM 1751-1817 Sergeant, in one of the Wyoming Valley, PA, Independent Companies attached to the CT Line. ASHER MINER CHARLES ABBOTT MINER SIDNEY ROBY MINER SEAVER, NATHANIEL Sergeant, three years, in Col. Seth Warner's Additional Continental Regiment. NATHANIEL SEAVER KEAY SELDEN, SAMUEL 1723-1776 Major, Third Regiment, June, 1776; promoted Col., Fourth Battalion, June 20, 1776, CT Militia; wounded and taken prisoner in the British attack upon NY, Sept. 15, 1776, and confined in the "Brick Church," where he died, Oct. 11, 1776. FRANCIS MARTIN HUTCHINSON GEORGE CASS HUTCHINSON EDWIN VAN DEUSEN SELDEN GEORGE DUDLEY SELDEN SELFRIDGE, OLIVER 1759-1845 Private, Capt. George Gilmore's Company, subsequently commanded by Capts. Samuel Hodges and Cornelius Doty, Sixteenth Regiment, Col. Lewis Van Woert, Albany County, NY Militia. DAVID WENDELL HULBURD SELIN, ANTHONY -1792 Capt., Baron de Ottendorff's Corps of Dragoons, Continental Army, Dec. 10, 1776; Capt., Second Canadian Regiment (" Congress's Own"), Col. Moses Hazen, Continental Army, Dec. 10, 1776; Major of same; served to Jan. 1. 1783. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. HOWARD DAVIS SCHNURE WILLIAM MARION SCHNURE SELLECK, PETER 1756-1840 Private, Capt. Eli Leavenworth's Company, Col. Charles Welsh's Regiment, CT Militia, Dec. 25, 1775; crossed the Delaware with Washington, and in the Battle at Trenton; discharged Jan. 1, 1777; Private, Lt. Dame's Company of CT Artillery, as sea-coast guard, Long Island, April - Nov., 1779; Private, Capt. Lockwood's Company of Guards, April-Nov., 1781. WALDRON YATES SELLECK SELLERS, NATHAN 1751-1830 Private, Colonel Jonathan Paschall's Battalion of the PA "Flying Camp," Feb. 24, 1776; appointed by Council of Safety of PA to make military survey along the Delaware River, July 24, 1777. COLEMAN SELLERS COLEMAN SELLERS, JR. HORACE WELLS SELLERS SELLERS, PHILIP 1728-1808 Private, Capt. Francis C. Hassenclever's Company, First Battalion, Philadelphia Associators, 1776. DAVID WAMPOLE SELLERS EDWIN JAQUETT SELLERS SERGEANT, JONATHAN DICKINSON 1746-1793 Secretary of the Provincial Convention of NJ, 1775; Member of the Committee of Safety of NJ, 1775; Member of the Continental Congress from NJ, 1776-1777; Member of the Provincial Congress of NJ, 1776; Attorney-General of PA, July 28, 1777. *CHARLES PENROSE BLIGHT ELIHU SPENCER BLIGHT WILLIAM SERGEANT BLIGHT JOHN SERGEANT GERHARD ELIHU SPENCER MILLER HOBART MILLER CHARLES NORRIS ROBINSON ROBERTS COLES ROBINSON SEWELL, JOHN -1805 Private, June 28, 1778; Corporal, Aug. 25, 1778; Sergeant, Dec. 27, 1779, Capt. Jonathan Morris's Company, Seventh Regiment, MD Line; discharged Aug. 16, 1780. WYNN REEVES SEWELL SEYMOUR, CHARLES 1738-1802 Capt., Major Roger Newberry's Regiment, Aug. 11, 1776-April 21, 1777; Capt., Colonel Thomas Belden's Regiment, Gen. Oliver Wolcott's Brigade, April 21-June 6, 1777, CT Militia. *JOHN MILLS HALE SEYMOUR, HORACE Regimental Quartermaster, March 25, 1777; Cornet, July 10, 1778; promoted Lt., June 2, 1779; promoted Capt., Second CT Light Dragoons, Colonel Elisha Sheldon, Continental Army; served to close of war. Member of the CT State Society of the Cincinnati. JOSEPH GAZZAM DARLINGTON SEYMOUR, NATHANIEL 1757-1846 Private, Ninth Company, Captains Daniel Benedict and John Carter commanding, Ninth Regiment, 1776-1777; Private, Capt. Reuben Schofield's Company, Colonel John Mead's Regiment, June 18, 1779, CT Militia. THOMAS SEYMOUR SCOTT SHACKFORD, JOHN 1755-1840 Private, Capt. Ezra Luntz's Company, Col. Moses Little's Regiment, June, 1775; Private, Capt. Davis's Company, 1776-1777, MA Militia; at Quebec, where he was taken prisoner and kept in confinement nine months. JOHN WILLIAM SHACKFORD SHARP, MATTHEW 1751-1796 Private, First Lt. Daniel Smith's Company, Eighth Battalion, Cumberland County, PA Militia, 1778. SIDNEY BYRON LIGGETT SHATTUCK, DAVID 1758-1840 Private, Capt. Eliphalet Holmes's Company, Col. Samuel Selden's Regiment, CT Militia, 1776; Private, Capt. Ephraim Chamberlain's Company, Col. Heman Swift's Regiment, CT Line, 1780; served to close of war. FRANK RODMAN SHATTUCK SHAW, MOSES Private, First Company, Fifth Regiment, NY Line, Jan. 10, 1777. GARRETT BRODHEAD LINDERMAN HENRY RICHARD LINDERMAN ROBERT PACKER LINDERMAN SHEAFFER, HENRY 1738-1803 Capt., Second Battalion, March 26, 1776; Capt., Eighth Company, First Battalion, Col. Philip Lorentz Greenawalt, 1777; Capt., Eighth Company, Second Battalion, Lt.-Col. John Golinger commanding, April 15, 1783, Lancaster County, PA Militia. HIRAM YOUNG SHEPHERD, MATTHEW Private, Capt. George Esterly's Company, Col. William Brandford's Battalion, June 25, 1777; Private, Capt. Ezekiel Letts's Company, same Battalion, Aug. 25, 1779, Philadelphia Militia. GEORGE ELWOOD SHEPHERD HARRY CLAYTON SHEPHERD WILLIAM CARVER SHEPHERD SHEPLEY, JOHN Private, Capt. Frederick Sigler's Company, Col. Matthias Slough's Battalion, Lancaster County, PA Associators, 1776; at Long Island. WILLIAM CAMERON WALLS SHEPPARD, JOSEPH 1727-1782 Private, NJ Militia; Member of the Committee of Safety of Cumberland County, NJ, 1775. FRANKLIN LAWRENCE SHEPPARD HOWARD REYNOLDS SHEPPARD SHERMAN, THOMAS 1722-1803 Private, Capt. Thompson's Company of Brimfield, MA, Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April, 1775; Private, Col. Timothy Danielson's Regiment, MA Militia, May, 1775-June, 1776. CHARLES POMEROY SHERMAN SHERRERD, JOHN Capt., Third Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia. JAMES HOLLENBACK SHERRERD SHEWELL, ROBERT 1740-1825 Lt.-Col., Second Battalion, Col. Dr. John Beatty, Bucks County, PA Associators, Aug., 1775. SALLOWS DUNLAP HAROLD MONTGOMERY SILL SHINDLE, PETER Fifer-Major, Capt. Andrew Graff's Company, Col. Bartram Galbraith's Battalion, Lancaster County, PA Associators, July 16, 1776; at Long Island. Colonel JAMES FORNEY, U.S.M.C. SHIPPEN, EDWARD 1703-1781 Chairman of the Committee of Safety, Inspection, and Observation of Lancaster County, PA, July 2-1774-1775. HORACE PATTERSON SHIPPIN, WILLIAM 1750-1777 Capt. of a Privateer, March 22, 1776; Capt. of Marines, brig "Hancock," PA Navy, June 15, 1776; Capt. of Marines, on land service, Dec. 15, 1776-Jan. 3, 1777; killed at the battle of Princeton. ABRAM HESS SHOEMAKER, ELIJAH -1778 Lt. in an Independent Company raised in the Wyoming Valley, PA, and attached to the CT Line; killed at the Wyoming Massacre, July 3, 1778. *LAZARUS DENISON SHOEMAKER LEVI IVES SHOEMAKER, M.D. LAZARUS DENISON STEARNS SIMMONS, JEREMIAH 1748-1793 First Lt., armed boat "Warren," PA Navy, Sept. 19, 1775; First Lt., First Company, Feb. 24, 1776; promoted Capt.-Lt., May 28, 1776, to rank from Feb. 24, 1776, PA Artillery, Capt. Thomas Proctor; Capt. of the "Arnold Floating Battery," PA Navy, Oct. 1, 1776. *SAMUEL POTE WATKINS, JR. SIMMS, CHARLES 1755-1819 Major, Twelfth Regiment, Nov. 12, 1776; Lt.-Col., Sixth Regiment, Sept. 29, 1777; transferred to Second Regiment, Sept. 14, 1778, VA Line; resigned, Dec. 7, 1779; at Red Bank, Fort Mifflin, and Fort Mercer. Member of the VA State Society of the Cincinnati. FRANCIS WHITING POWELL SIMPSON, JOHN 1744-1807 Second Lt., Capt. James Murray's Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. James Burd, Lancaster County, PA Militia, Aug. 15, 1775; detailed to Continental service at Bristol, PA, Jan. 28, 1777. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PATTON SIMPSON, REZIN 1758-1828 Sergeant, MD Line. REV. ROGERS ISRAEL SIMPSON, WILLIAM, SR. 1732-1816 Private, Buckingham Twp. Company, Capt. John Lacey, Second Battalion, Col. Dr. John Beatty, Bucks County, PA Associators, 1775. JAMES WATTS MERCUR JOHN DAVIS MERCUR, M.D. RODNEY AUGUSTUS MERCUR ULYSSES MERCUR SINNICKSON, ANDREW, SR. 1719-1790 Judge of Salem County, NJ, 1762-1790; Deputy to the Provincial Congress of NJ, May 23, 1775; Deputy to the Convention of NJ, June 10, 1776; Member of the First Legislative Council of the State of NJ, 1776. *GEORGE MECUM CONARROE WILLIAM HENRY INGHAM FRANK LITTLE SHEPPARD CHARLES PERRY SINNICKSON SINNICKSON, ANDREW, JR. 1749-1819 Capt., First Battalion, Salem County, NJ Militia; Paymaster, Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem Counties, NJ Militia; proscribed by name in proclamation of Colonel Mawhood, British Commander, March 21, 1778. WILLIAM HENRY INGHA CHARLES PERRY SINNICKSON SKINNER, EBENEZER 1731-1804 Private, Capt. Robert Durkee's Independent Company of the Wyoming Valley, PA, attached to the CT Line, 1776; discharged Jan. 8, 1778; at Bound Brook, Millstone, Brandywine, and Germantown. EDWARD WARREN STURDEVANT JOHN STURDEVANT WILLIAM HENRY STURDEVANT SLATER, PETER 1760-1831 A member of the "Boston Tea Party," Dec. 16, 1773; Matross, Capt. William Treadwell's Company, Col. John Crane's Artillery Regiment, MA Line, April 6, 1777-April 6, 1780; at Brandywine, Valley Forge, and Monmouth; captured and confined a prisoner in NY. DANIEL WALDO HOWARD SLAUGHTER, JAMES 1754-1833 Quartermaster, Culpeper County, VA Militia, March 27, 1776; Private, Capt. Robert Patton's Company, VA Minute Men; Lt., Capt. Benjamin Roberts's Company, Colonel Crockett's Regiment, VA State Troops, 1779-1780; acting Capt. for five weeks, Gen. George R. Clark's Brigade, VA Militia, in the expedition against the Indians, 1780. FRANCIS WILKINS SLAUGHTER SMALLIDGE, REV. JOSEPH 1747-1829 Private, Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment, MA Line, 1778. FRANK WILLING LEACH JOSEPH GRANVILLE LEACH JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH MEREDITH BIDDLE LEACH SMITH, ABRAHAM 1734-1796 Lt., Capt. Ebenezer Sumner's Company, Col. Thaddeus Cook's Regiment, 1778; Lt., Fourth Company, Second Regiment, May, 1779, CT Militia. WILLIAM REYNOLDS RICKETTS SMITH, CHRISTOPHER Matross, Capt. John McCulloch's Company, Col. Jehu Eyre's Artillery Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, April 27, 1779; Ensign, Eighth Company, Second Battalion, Lt.-Col. Thomas Bull commanding, Chester County, PA Militia, July 3, 1780; Private, Capt. Christian Shaffer's Company, Fifth Regiment of Foot, commanded by Major Richard Salter, Philadelphia Militia, Feb. 4, 1781. WILLIAM SMITH ROWEN SMITH, EPHRAIM 1743-1827 Private, Capt. Noble Benedict's Company, Fifth Regiment, CT Militia, May 12, 1775-Oct. 23, 1775. JOHN BALL OSBORNE SMITH, HIRAM 1756-1833 Private; Sergeant; Lt., Third Regiment, NJ Line, 1776-1777; Ensign, Capt. Samuel Hinman's "Eastern Battalion," Morris County, NJ Militia, 1777. PHILIP HENRY WADDELL SMITH SMITH, JOSEPH 1747-1794 Private, Ninth Company, Capt. James Arnold, First Regiment, Col. David Wooster, CT Militia, 1775. CHARLES WILLIAM SMITH SMITH, JOST 1755-1835 Private, Richland Twp. Company, First Lt. John Richison commanding, Third Battalion, Lt.-Col. John Wilkinson commanding, Bucks County, PA Associators, Oct. 9, 1775; Private, Capt. Benjamin Brumback's Company, Second Battalion, Chester County, PA Militia. ARTHUR DONALDSON SMITH, M.D. *JESSE EVANS SMITH SMITH, ROBERT 1720-1803 Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Capt., First Battalion, Chester County, PA Militia, 1776; appointed by Supreme Executive Council of PA to construct the defences at Billingsport, 1776-1777; Lt. of Chester County, PA, with rank of Col., March 12, 1777. THOMAS DARLING PERSIFOR FRAZER SMITH SMITH, ROBERT 1752-1838 Capt., First Regiment, Col. William Malcolm, NY City Militia, 1775; Capt., Second Regiment, Col. William Malcolm, NY Volunteer Infantry, June, 1776; Capt., Col. William Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment, Lt.-Col. Aaron Burr commanding, Jan. 1777; at Long Island; wounded at White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776, and at Monmouth, June 28, 1778. DANIEL LAMMOT, JR. *EDMUND SMITH ROBERT HOBART SMITH ROBERT WILLIAM SMITH SMITH, WALTER Surgeon, MD Militia, 1776-1777; Member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety of Frederick County, MD. JOHN THOMPSON SPENCER SMITH, REV. WILLIAM, D.D. 1727-1803 Member of the Committee of Correspondence of Philadelphia, June 18, 1774; Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; delivered various patriotic addresses and sermons during the war for American Independence, before the Provincial Assembly and Continental Congress, and to the American troops at Valley Forge and elsewhere. Capt. HENRY HOBART BELLAS, U.S.A. DAVID McKNIGHT HOBART WILLIAM RUDOLPH SMITH SMITH, WILLIAM 1732-1806 Member of the PA Assembly, Dec. 15, 1774, Sub-Lt. of Lancaster County, PA, June 30, 1781. EDWARD SMITH ILLIG EDWARD MORTON McILVAIN WILLIAM McILVAIN SMITH, DR. WILLIAM HOOKER 1724-1815 Private, Third Company, First Regiment, May 15-Dec., 1775; Private, Tenth Regiment, 1776; Capt., Twenty-fourth Regiment, 1777, CT Militia; Surgeon to the Militia under Col. Nathan Denison at Forty Fort, Wyoming Valley, PA, 1778 and 1779; Surgeon in General Sullivan's Expedition, 1779; Surgeon in the Wyoming Valley, PA, Independent Companies attached to the CT Line; at the Siege of Boston and at Long Island. ARCHIBALD LOUDON SNOWDEN CHARLES RANDOLPH SNOWDEN GEORGE RANDOLPH SNOWDEN LLEWELLYN RANDOLPH SNOWDEN ROBERT PATTERSON SNOWDEN SMOCK, BARNES Capt. First Regiment, Monmouth County, NJ Militia; taken prisoner Feb.13, 1778; Capt., Company of Artillery, Monmouth County, NJ Militia, May 25, 1779; taken prisoner June 1, 1780. CLARENCE WALTER HUDSON SNODGRASS, BENJAMN 1731-1804 Private, Warwick Twp. Company, Second Battalion, Col. Dr. John Beatty, Bucks County, PA Associators, Aug. 21, 1775. FRANK PEALE SNODGRASS SNOWDEN, ISAAC 1732-1809 Commissioner of Taxes and Levies, Philadelphia County, PA, 1776-1783; Treasurer of Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1781; Commissioner for the Issue of Continental Currency; Quartermaster, Fourth Battalion, Col. Thomas McKean, Philadelphia Associators, 1775. ARCHIBALD LOUDON SNOWDEN CHARLES RANDOLPH SNOWDEN GEORGE RANDOLPH SNOWDEN LLEWELLYN RANDOLPH SNOWDEN ROBERT PATTERSON SNOWDEN SNYDER, ANDREW 1739-1815 Private, Second Regiment, PA Line. JOHN ANDREW SNYDER SODER, JOHN -1817 Capt., Fifth Company, Third Battalion, Col. Michael Lindemuth, Berks County, PA Militia, May 17, 1777; served also in 1776-1779-1781. LEVI WALTER MENGEL SOMMER, JACOB 1749-1817 Private, Fourth Company, Capt. Noah Townsend, Seventh Battalion, Philadelphia Militia. JAMES KLINE SNOEMAKER SPENCER, EBENEZER 1756-1844 Private in the "Kent Guard," RI Militia, May, 1775; Sgt., Col. Gerrish's Regiment, RI Militia, 1777; promoted Major. CARROLL BREWSTER NICHOLS SPENCER, REV. ELIHU, D.D. 1721-1784 Member of the Provincial Congress of NC, 1775; Chaplain in Hospital, Middle District, Continental Army, Oct. 20, 1777. CHARLES NORRIS ROBINSON ROBERTS COLES ROBINSON SPENCER, ISAAC Member of the Committee of Correspondence and Public Safety of Kent County, MD, June 2, 1774. JOHN THOMPSON SPENCER SPOTSWOOD, JOHN Capt., Tenth Regiment, VA Line, Feb. 20, 1777; Regiment designated Sixth, Sept. 14, 1778; wounded at Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777; wounded and taken prisoner at Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777; exchanged Nov., 1780; retired Feb. 12, 1781. BRYAN ROBERTSON NORMAN ROBERTSON SPRAGUE, SETH 1760-1847 Private, Capt. William Weston's Company, MA Militia, raised to serve on the "Gurnet" for the defence of the Harbor of Plymouth, MA, June 24, 1776-Jan. 7, 1777. ARTHUR WADDINGTON TOBEY SPROAT, WILLIAM 1757-1793 Ensign, MD Associators, 1776; First Lt., Jan 3, 1777; Adjutant, June 30, 1777-Dec. 17, 1777; Capt.-Lt., April 17, 1779; Capt., May 11, 1779, Fourth Regiment, PA Line; transferred to the Third Regiment, Jan. 17, 1781; retired Jan. 1, 1783; Brevet Major; at Germantown, Brandywine, and Monmouth; wounded in service. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. HARRIS ELRIC SPROAT SPYKER, BENJAMIN 1747- Capt., First Battalion of the MD "Flying Camp," June-Dec, 1776; Capt., Seventh Regiment, MD Line, Dec 10, 1776; resigned May 12, 1779. BENJAMIN MATTHIAS NEAD DANIEL WUNDERLICH NEAD, M.D. STANLEY, GAD 1735-1815 Capt., First Company, Col. Fisher Gay's Regiment, 1776; promoted Lt.-Col., May, 1778, CT Militia; at Long Island and White Plains. ISAAC PORTER, JR. STANLEY, DR. VALENTINE 1740-1787 Surgeon's Mate, Col. Samuel John Atlee's PA Musketry Battalion, July 31, 1776-Jan. 1777; Surgeon, ship "Montgomery," PA Navy, July 31, 1777; Surgeon of Fleet, Oct. 1, 1777. HERBERT HART BOYD STAPLES, JOHN 1754-1843 Private, Capt. William Brown's Company, Col. Charles Harrison's First Regiment of "MD and VA Artillery," Continental Army, 1777-Dec., 1780; at Long Island, Trenton, Brandywine, Valley Forge, and Monmouth; wounded in battle. CHARLES BOONE STAPLES STECHER, GEORGE 1737-1808 Lt., Forks Twp. Company, Capt. Jacob Arndt, Northampton County, PA Associators, May 22, 1775; First Lt., Second Company, Capt. Jacob Weygandt, Fifth Battalion, Col. Abraham Labar, Northampton County, PA Militia, May 21, 1777. ETHAN ALLEN WEAVER STEDMAN, EBENEZER Private, Capt. Samuel Lampson's Company of Weston, MA Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19-20, 1775; Private, Capt. Jonathan Fisk's Company, Col. Brooks's Regiment, MA Militia, March 4-9, 1776. STEDMAN BENT STEELE, JOHN 1758-1827 First Lt., Dec. 4, 1776; promoted Capt.-Lt., May 27, 1778; promoted Capt., March 23, 1779, Tenth Regiment; transferred to the First Regiment, Jan. 17, 1781, PA Line; retired Jan 1, 1783; participated in all the important battles of the war; wounded at Brandywine. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. JAMES PATRIOT WILSON FRAZER Paymaster REAH FRAZER, U.S.N. STENGER, CONRAD Capt., Fourth Company, Second Battalion, Col. Arthur Erwin, Bucks County, PA Militia, May 6, 1777. WILLIAM SHEARER STENGER STEVENS, ASA 1734-1778 Lt. of Militia at the Wyoming Massacre, where he was killed July 3, 1778. JOHN STURDEVANT WILLIAM HENRY STURDEVANT STEVENS, ELIHU 1731-1814 Member of the Committee of Safety of NH; Member of the Provincial Congress of NH, 1776-1778. REV. CHARLES ELLIS STEVENS, LLD.D., D.C.L. STEVENS, JOB Private, Major Francis Smith's Regiment, NH Militia, 1777. WILLIAM CHASE STEVENS STEVENS, JOSIAH 1752-1827 Ensign, Capt. Christopher Webber's Company, Twelfth Regiment, NH Line, 1777. REV. CHARLES ELLIS STEVENS, LL.D., D.C.L. STEVENS, WILLIAM 1756-1834 Seaman, brig "Hazard," MA Navy, Sept. 22, 1777-May 20, 1778; Seaman, brig "Boston," Feb. 17, 1778-Nov., 1779; Steward, brig "General Arnold," Continental Navy. JOHN CONYNGHAM STEVENS WILLIAM COFFEE STEVENS STEWART, CHARLES 1729-1800 Member of the Provincial Congress of NJ, 1775-1776; Col., Battalion of Minute Men of NJ, Feb. 15, 1776; Commissary-General of Issues, Commissary-General's Department of NJ, July 18, 1777-July, 1782. WALTER DAVENPORT GREEN, M.D. STEWART, LAZARUS 1734-1778 Lt.-Col., Twenty-fourth Regiment, CT Militia, May, 1777; resigned, 1777; Captain at the Wyoming Massacre, where he was slain, July 3, 1778. CHARLES WILLIAM LEE STEWART, SAMUEL -1803 Private, Capt. James Rogers's Company, Hanover Rifle Battalion, Col. Timothy Green, Lancaster County, PA Associators, June 6, 1776. SAMUEL McCLINTOCK HAMILL, M.D. STEWART, THOMAS 1752-1836 Private, New Britain Twp. Company, Second Battalion, Col. Dr. John Beatty, Bucks County, PA Associators, 1775; Ensign, First Company, Capt. William Pugh, Fourth Battalion, Col. William Roberts, May 6, 1777; Lt., Fourth Company, Capt. Jacob Shoup, Second Battalion, Lt.-Col. John Keller commanding, May 10, 1780, Bucks County, PA Militia. CLEMENT STEWART STICHTER, PETER 1760-1843 Private, Capt. Charles Gobin's Company, Sixth Battalion, Col. Joseph Hiester, Berks County, Pa Militia, Aug 10-Sept. 9, 1780 and 1781. EDWARD MORTON McILVAIN WILLIAM McILVAIN *THOMAS DIEHL STICHTER STILWELL, DANIEL 1747-1805 Lt., Providence Company of RI Artillery, Oct. 30, 1775; promoted Capt., June, 1779. ISAAC PRICE EWING STINE, ABRAHAM 1724-1807 Private, Sixth Class, Capt. Martin Shetter's Company of PA Associators, 1782; Lt., Fourth Company, Second Battalion, Lt.-Col. John Glonninger commanding, Lancaster County, PA Militia, April 15, 1783. ALEXANDER WILSON NORRIS HENRY MOORE STINE, M.D. STINSON, ELIJAH 1751-1840 Ensign, Bucks County, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp,: Col. Joseph Hart, 1776. ROBERT PORTER SHICK STOCKHAM, GEORGE 1736-1821 Private, Capt. Robert Patterson's Company, Second Regiment of Foot, Col. John Keller, Bucks County, Pa Militia, 1781. EDWARD VILLEROY STOCKHAM STOCKTON, DAVID -1807 Second Lt., Sixth Company, Capt. John Stockton, Fourth Battalion, Col. John Andrews, April 5, 1778; Capt., Third Company, Fourth Battalion, Lt.-Col. William Gillelan commanding, June 17, 1779, York County, PA Militia. EDWARD ALEXANDER TOCKTON STOCKTON, RICHARD 1730-1781 Member of the Continental Congress from NJ, 1776-1777; a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. ALEXANDER WILLIAMS BIDDLE, M.D. LOUIS ALEXANDER BIDDLE JOHN CALVERT STODDER, SAMUEL 1759-1838 Private, MA Militia; Seaman, MA State Navy. EBED STODDER COOK STONE, JONAS 1737-1816 Private, Capt. John Sawtelle's Company, MA Militia, at the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. HON. CHARLES WARREN STONE STONE, JONATHAN 1751-1801 Sergeant, Capt. John Granger's Company, Col. Ebenezer Learned's Regiment, MA Militia, May-Dec, 1775; at the Siege of Boston; Ensign, Third Regiment, Jan 1-Dec. 21, 1776; Paymaster, with rank of First Lt. from Jan, 1, 1777, and of Capt. from April 25, 1781, Fifth Regiment, Jan 1, 1777-Jan 1, 1783, MA Line; retired Jan. 1, 1783. Member of the MA State Society of the Cincinnati. *WILLIAM DANA McGOWAN, M.D. STONE, THOMAS 1743-1787 Member of the Continental Congress from MD, 1775-1779, and 1784-1785; a Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Member of the Committee to prepare Plan of Confederation of the States. FRANCIS ANDREW MARCH, JR. STOUGHTON, AUGUSTUS 1759-1837 Private, Capt. Allen's Company, 1777; Private, Capt. William Bull's Company, Col. Russell's Regiment, 1779; Private, Capt. Ellsworth's Company, 1781, CT Militia. JOHN BERNARD RASER STOUT, JOHN 1762-1846 Private, Second Regiment, PA Line. ABEL LUKENS STOUT STOUT, NATHANIEL Capt., Second Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia; at Monmouth. JOSEPH ALLISON STEINMETZ STREMBECK, JACOB, SR. 1755-1841 Musician, Capt. Thomas Proctor's Company, PA Artillery, Continental Army, June 30-July 31, 1776; Private, Capt. Peter Browne's Company, Col. Jehu Eyre's Artillery Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, June 21-Aug 21, 1779; Ensign, Eighth Company, Capt. George Forepaugh, Second Battalion, Lt.-Col. Benjamin George Eyre commanding, 1780; Ensign, Capt. John Geyer's Company, Third Regiment of Food, Major Richard Salter commanding, Feb. 4, 1781, Philadelphia Militia. Chief Engineer LOUIS JOSEPH ALLEN, U.S.N. STUART, CHRISTOPHER -1799 Capt., Jan. 5, 1776; Major, Sept. 20, 1776, Fifth PA Battalion, Col. Robert Magaw; Capt., Sixth Regiment; Major, Fifth Regiment, June, 1777, to rank from Feb. 28, 1777; Lt.-Col., Third Regiment, April 17, 1780, PA Line; taken prisoner at Fort Washington, NY, Nov. 16, 1776; exchanged Jan. 1777; retired Jan 17, 1781. CHRISTOPHER STUART PATTERSON THEODORE CUYLER PATTERSON STULL, ADAM 1758-1821 Private, "German Regiment," Col. Nicholas Haussegger, PA Line. WILLIAM EDWARD HELME ADAM ARBUCKLE STULL STURDEVANT, SAMUEL 1740-1828 Private, Sixth Company, Fifth Regiment, Col. David Waterbury, CT Militia, May 13-Dec. 6, 1775; Private, Capt. Samuel Granger's Company, Second Regiment, Feb. 20, 1777; transferred to the Third Regiment; Private, Capt. Phineas Beardsley's Company, Seventh Regiment, March 13, 1777, CT Line; joined the GA Battalion, August, 1777. EDWARD WARREN STURDEVANT JOHN STURDEVANT Lt. RICHARD MATTHEWS STURDEVANT, U.S.R.C.S. WILLIAM HENRY STURDEVANT STURGEON, SAMUEL -1801 Private, Capt. James Murray's Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. James Burd, Lancaster County, PA Associators, March 13, 1776. FRANK PEALE SNODGRASS SWAN, ROBERT 1725-1802 Capt., Col. Benjamin Gill's Regiment, MA Militia, April 18, 1777. *EBENEZER HERBERT CLAPP SYMMES, ANDREW 1735-1797 Lt.-Col., "Boston Regiment," Col. Jabez Hatch, MA Militia, Sept. 7, 1776. BEN HOLLADAY DORCY TALLMADGE, BENJAMIN 1754-1835 Adjutant, Col. John Chester's Regiment, CT State Troops, June 20, 1776; Brigade-Major to Brig.-Gen. James Wadsworth, CT Militia, Oct. 11, 1766; Capt., Dec. 14, 1776; Major, April 7, 1777, Second Regiment, CT Light Dragoons, Col. Elisha Sheldon, Continental Army; conducted "Secret Service" for the Commander-in-Chief; captured Fort George, NY, Nov. 21, 1780, and received special notice of Congress, Dec. 6, 1780; served at General Washington's head-quarters, March, 1781-Nov., 1783; Lt.-Col. by brevet, Sept. 30, 1783. Member of the CT State Society of the Cincinnati. *FLOYD HALL WHITE TAYLOR, ELI Private, Second Battalion, Col. Fisher Gay, Gen. James Wadsworth's Brigade, CT Militia, 1776; at Long Island. REV. JAMES MAGEE BLACKWELL TAYLOR, JOHN 1751-1801 Capt., Col. John Neilson's Battalion, NJ Minute Men, 1776; Capt., promoted Second Major, Oct. 28, 1775, Fourth Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia; Major, Col. Charles Read's Battalion, NJ State Troops, Nov. 27, 1776; Lt.-Col., Feb. 17, 1777; Col., May 23, 1777, Fourth Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia; Col., NJ State Troops, Oct. 9. 1779. *CHARLES HENRY TAYLOR GEORGE MUIRSON TOTTEN TAYLOR TERRY, ASAPH 1756-1839 Private, Capt. David Perkins's Company, July-Sept., 1776; Private, Capt. Phineas Lovejoy's Company, Dec., 1776-Feb., 1777; Private, Capt. Jonathan Bush's Company, 1779-1783, CT Militia; at Long Island and various skirmishes. HENRY CLAY TERRY *WILLIS TERRY TERRY, EPHRAIM 1701-1795 Private, Capt. Vine Elderkin's Company, Seventh Regiment, Col. Heman Swift, CT Line, Feb. 17, 1777-Feb. 22, 1780. FRANCIS OLCOTT ALLEN THOMAS, EDWARD Lt.-Col., Col. Nathaniel Heard's Battalion of NJ "Minute Men," Feb. 12, 1776; Col., First Regiment, Essex County, NJ Militia, Feb. 23, 1776; Col., Battalion of Detached Militia, July 18, 1776; resigned March 13, 1777. NORMAN MALCALESTER SMITH THOMAS, EVAN 1738-1826 Member of the Committee of Correspondence of Frederick County, MD, 1775; Private, MD Militia, 1781. *JAMES MIFFLIN THOMAS, MARTIN 1737-1804 Sergeant, Third Regiment, PA Line; Ensign, Second Company, First Battalion, Col. Philip Lorentz Greenawalt, Lancaster County, PA Militia, 1777. WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M.D. THOMPSON, JOHN Lt.-Col., Sept. 18, 1777; promoted Col., April 18, 1780, Fifth Battalion, MD Militia. JOHN THOMPSON SPENCER THOMPSON, WILLIAM 1736-1781 Col., PA Battalion of Riflemen, June 25, 1775; Brigadier-General, Continental Army, March 1, 1776; taken prisoner at Three Rivers, June 8, 1776; exchanged Oct. 25, 1780, for Major-General DeRiedesel. EDMUND HAYES BELL CHRISTOPHER HAGER THOMPSON, WILLIAM 1742-1777 Lt., CT Militia; killed at the battle of Ridgefield, CT, where he commanded his Company, April 27, 1777. GEORGE GROSSMANN LENNIG THOMPSON, WILLIAM 1746-1816 Lt., Capt. William Shaw's Company of Middleborough, MA, Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm." April 19-22, 1775; Lt., Capt. William Thompson's Company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, May 2-Aug. 1, 1775; Lt., Capt. Joshua Benson's Company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, Oct., 1775-June, 1776, MA Militia; Lt. of Marines, ship "Tyranicide," July 15-Dec. 18, 1778, and of brig "Active," Feb.-May, 1779, MA Navy. HENRY THOMAS KENT SAMUEL LEONARD KENT THORNE, JOSEPH 1733-1823 Capt., Second Battalion, Gloucester County, NJ Militia, Aug. 10, 1776. GEORGE BURTON CHARLES MAXWELL CLEMENT LAWRENCE TAYLOR PAUL TILDEN, JOHN BELL 1761-1838 Ensign, May 28, 1779; Second Lt., July 25, 1780, Second Regiment, PA Line; at Yorktown and in the Southern Campaign. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati. JOHN BELL TILDEN PHELPS TILGHMAN, EDWARD 1750-1815 Private, Philadelphia Associators; served as Assistant Brigade-Major to Gen. Lord Sterling at the battle of Long Island. WILLIAM BROOKE RAWLE TILGHMAN, MATTHEW 1718-1790 Member of the Council of Safety of MD, 1775; Member of the Continental Congress from MD, 1774-1777; President of the MD Convention, 1775 and 1776. PHILIP HOWARD BRICE TODD, ANDREW 1742-1833 Served as a soldier in the PA Line, Jan. 1, 1781. SAMUEL McCLINTOCK HAMILL, M.D. TOUSARD, ANDRE LOUIS DE -1817 Volunteered in the Continental Army, 1777; Capt. in the Regiment of Col. La Fer, French Troops, 1778; promoted to the Brevet rank of Lt.-Col. by Act of Congress, Oct. 27, 1778, for gallantry in action in RI, where he lost an arm. Member of the General Society of the Cincinnati. EDWARD de VEAUX MORRELL GEORGE FITZ RANDOLPH STOCKER TOWER, JEDUTHAN 1756-1817 Private, Capt. Ebenezer Belknap's Company, Col. Nathaniel Wade's Regiment, MA Militia, Jan., 1778-Jan., 1779. HON. CHARLEMAGNE TOWER, JR., LL.D. TOWNE, JOHN 1729-1820 Capt. Oxford, MA Company of Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm,: April 19, 1775; Capt., Col. John Holman's Regiment, MA Militia, Jan. 20, 1777. HARRY GILLUM BARNES TRACY, SOLOMON 1756-1835 First Lt., Goshen Regiment, Col. Benjamin Tuston, Orange County, NY Militia, 1777; at Minisink. CHARLES LOCKWOOD TRACY TRAILL, ROBERT 1744-1816 Member and Clerk of the Committee of Observation, and of its Standing Committee of Correspondence, of Northampton County, PA, Dec. 21, 1774; Major, Fifth Battalion, Col. Abraham Labar, Northampton County, PA Militia, May 21, 1777; Dedimus Potestatem, June 4, 1777; Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General, with rank of Captain, Quartermaster-General's Department, 1779. EDGAR MOORE GREEN, M.D. *TRAILL GREEN, M.D., LL.D. CHAUNCEY GRAHAM HELLICK CHARLES ROBERT HORN REV. EDWARD TRAILL HORN, D.D. FRANK MELCHIOR HORN HARRY YOHE HORN, M.D. CLEMENT STEWART TRIPLETT, FRANCIS 1728-1795 Capt., Fauquier County, VA Militia, 1778; mentioned in General Daniel Morgan's report on the battle of Cowpens, Jan. 17, 1781; presented by Congress with a sword. REV. ARNOLD HARRIS HORD TUBBS, SAMUEL 1755-1841 Private, Capt. Robert Durkee's Company, Aug. 26, 1776-1778; Private, Capt. Simon Spalding's Company, 1779, Independent Companies of the Wyoming Valley, PA, attached to the CT Line; served to close of war; at Millstone, Bound Brook, Brandywine, Germantown, Valley Forge, the Wyoming Massacre, and in Sullivan's Expedition. BENJAMIN REYNOLDS TUBBS CHARLES TUBBS TUCKER, EBENEZER 1757-1845 Private, Burlington County, NJ Militia; at Long Island. GEORGE TUCKER BISPHAM TULLY, ELIAS 1752-1849 Private, Ninth Company, Sixth Regiment, Col. Samuel Holden Parsons, CT Militia, May 9, 1775-Dec. 18, 1775. WINTHROP BRENTWOOD SMITH TURNBULL, WILLIAM 1751-1822 Private, Troop of Philadelphia Light Horse, Capt. Samuel Morris, 1777, 1779, 1781; First Lt., Fourth Company, First Battalion, Col. William Bradford, Philadelphia Militia, June 23, 1777. ALEXANDER KRUMBHAAR JOHN SELBY MARTIN TURNER, DANIEL 1750-1837 Capt., Middlesex County, NJ Militia. JAMES VARNUM PETER TURNER TURNER, DR. PETER 1751-1822 Surgeon, First Regiment, Col. Christopher Greene, RI Line, March 15, 1777; retired Jan. 1, 1781; at Red Bank, White Marsh, Valley Forge, Monmouth, and siege of Newport, RI. Member of the RI State Society of the Cincinnati. JAMES VARNUM PETER TURNER TWIGGS, JOHN -1816 Brigadier-General, GA Militia. WILLIAM HEYWARD MYERS TYLER, ABNER 1710-1779 Second Lt., Capt. Cyrus Rich's Company, Fourth Regiment, Worcester County, MA Militia, April 9, 1776. IRVING ARIEL STEARNS LAZARUS DENISON STEARNS TYLER, DANIEL 1750-1832 Adjutant, Col. Israel Putnam's Regiment, CT Militia, May-Dec., 1775; Capt., Brooklyn, CT, Artillery Militia, July, 1778-July, 1779; at Bunker Hill. HARRY BLAKE TYLER SIDNEY FREDERICK TYLER VANDERSLICE, HENRY 1726-1797 Quartermaster, PA Troops, 1781. *EUGENE ZIEBER VAN LEER, SAMUEL -1825 Capt. Seventh Company, Fifth Battalion, Col. Richard Thomas, 1777; Lt., Capt. Alexander Johnson's Volunteer Light Horse, 1780-1781, Chester County, PA Militia. GEORGE HOWARD EARLE, JR. VAN WYCK, DR. THEODORUS 1729-1789 Member of the Provincial Congress of NY; Member of the Committee of Observation and Vigilance of NY. GEORGE CONARROE BISHOP REV. GILBERT LIVINGSTON BISHOP VINTON, JOSIAH 1755-1843 Private, Capt. Thomas White's Company, Col. Joseph Palmer's Regiment, March 4, 1776; Private, Capt. Samuel Holbrook's Company, Lt.-Col. Jonathan Bass's Regiment, June 14, 1776, MA Militia. CHARLES HARROD VINTON, M.D. VOGAN, JAMES 1744-1824 Ensign, First Company, Capt. William Crawford, Fifth Battalion, Lt.-Col. Jacob Carpenter commanding, Lancaster County, PA Militia, Aug. 26, 1780. JOHN WALTER BARTON